After examination from our judges, 17 students earned places for the January Story of the Month contest. There were ties for third in the sports and feature categories. Students were also allowed to submit work from December due to the absence of a contest that month. Issues discussed this month…...
Bar set high in January multimedia contest
KSPA’s Multimedia of the Month contest awards students from schools in the Blue Valley and Lawrence area for their work in December and January. Check out their award winning entries below. Video News 1st—Meagan Holloway, BV Southwest, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” 2nd—Maddie Carrigan and Lexie Logue, BV Southwest, “Snowball Diversity” 3rd—Michaela…...
Patriotic posts win November multimedia contest
Exceptional online multimedia stories impressed judges in November’s Multimedia of the Month Contest. Blue Valley Northwest dominated the Online-only Story category with Laney Breidenthal and Sidney Hallak’s in-depth feature package on Veteran’s Day and Liz Kuhlmann’s extensive coverage of the Boys State Soccer Championships. Links to the winning students and…...
Eight awarded in November design contest
Eight students earned places in KSPA’s November Design of the Month contest with a tie for third in the News Publication category. Here are the names of the students who placed and their winning work: News Publication 1st—Meredith Johnson, BV Northwest 2nd—Hailey McEntee, BV High 3rd—Meredith Johnson, BV Northwest 3rd—Cale…...
November photo contest shows fall in full force
Sixteen students won awards in KSPA’s November Photo of the Month contest with one honorable mention in the Student Life category. Entries featured football fandom, puppy love and baby mania among others. The students who placed and their work is below: Academics 1st—Molly Denton, Circle 2nd—Divya Jain, BV West 3rd—Hanna…...
November Story of the Month results available here
Fifteen students placed in KSPA’s November Story of the Month contest. SM East students won the most places overall taking first place in the News, Sports and Opinion categories. Students from BV Northwest and SM South received first in the Feature and Yearbook Copy categories. The students who placed and…...
October design contest winners awarded
Eight students received places in KSPA’s October Design of the Month competition with a tie for second in Yearbook. There was a correction with the original post. Andrew Nevins was supposed to be in the Yearbook category. The change places him second and ties Madie Loomis, Hannah Brown, and Rebecca…...
October Multimedia of the Month results published
Six students earned places for KSPA’s October Multimedia of the Month competition. The students who placed and their work is below: Video News 1st—Cameron McGough, Silver Lake, (featured below) 2nd—Savannah Rudicil, Mill Valley, “New Cookies” 3rd—Lauren Debes, Maize, “Need for speed” Online-only Story 1st—Katie Knight and Matthew Bruyere, SM…...
Handful awarded in October’s Photo of the Month contest
Exceptional photos filled October’s Photo of the Month contest leading to a handful of Honorable Mentions. Check out the winners and their work below: Academics 1st—Miranda Osborne, BV West 2nd—Lindsey Wood, Salina Central 3rd—Paige Doll, Maize Photo Illustration 1st—Libby Ferguson and Miranda Osborne, BV West 2nd—Bridget Brown, Lawrence Free State…...
October Story of the Month results here
The results are in! Seventeen students placed in KSPA’s Story of the Month Contest for October with ties for second and third in the Feature category. Here are the winning students along with their work: Feature 1st—Katie Knight, SM East, “Proud to be an odd soul” 2nd—Ashli Ellerman, Andover, “Back When…...